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POSEPTEMBERR 2014T | INFORMATIONA FOR ARCHITECTSL FROM HÖRMANN32 AND SCHÖRGHUBER COUNTRY HOLZER KOBLER ARCHITEKTUREN, PAHL + WEBER-PAHL ARCHITEKTEN, PLANUNGSGRUPPE PROF. SOMMER, TRINT + KREUDER D.N.A Paläon in Schöningen, DE “The concept isn’t new: Archaeological findings and sites are often enhanced with spectacular architecture.” Conversion of the Maarhausen estate, DE “To some extent, even machines and auxiliary equipment such as grab cranes have stuck around. With their metallic patina, they form a contrast to the completely white ceilings and struts.” Works fire brigade in Jänschwalde, DE “The end of the wing houses the hose laundry. The washstand is around twenty metres long. It empties directly under the drill tower, which Ski jump judges' tower in Willingen, DE at the same time serves to dry the freshly cleaned hoses.” “The most eye-catching element is the offset windows of the five separate ski jump judge cabins featuring Schörghuber doors.” 2 CONTENTS EDITORIAL 04 ABOUT THE TOPIC Dear Readers, Christine Hannemann: Desire for or frustration with the countryside? We are delighted to celebrate ten years of PORTAL with you. Since its beginnings in 2004, we have been able to present 10 CONVERSION OF THE MAARHAUSEN ESTATE, DE 32 editions. Back then, we never dreamt of such success, trint+kreuder, d.n.a Cologne, DE but the positive feedback on our magazine has convinced us to keep going. The topic was “architecture and motorsports” 16 PALÄON IN SCHÖNINGEN, DE back then. The current, newly designed edition takes the Holzer Kobler Architekturen, Zurich, CH magazine in a totally different direction: “Construction in the countryside” doesn’t have much to do with sound, volume 22 WORKS FIRE BRIGADE IN JÄNSCHWALDE, DE or speed. Many peoples' longing to slow down is taking Planungsgruppe Prof. Sommer, Cottbus, DE up more and more space. As an introduction, Christine Hannemann explains where this longing for the reputed 28 SKI JUMP JUDGES' TOWER IN WILLINGEN, DE romantic life in the countryside comes from. Our conversion Pahl + Weber-Pahl Architekten, Darmstadt, DE of an estate in Maarhausen from trint+kreuder may represent a building in this magazine that is inevitably linked with 32 CORPORATE NEWS country life, but generally the topic is much more diversified: It’s about buildings that came about off the beaten path away 36 IN DETAIL from city centres, such as the Paläon in Schöningen, Hörmann a museum that was erected by Holzer Kobler in the middle Schörghuber of nowhere. The Jänschwalde works fire brigade is several kilometres away from the next locality – in the countryside. 38 RECENTLY IN ... TIRSCHENREUTH Finally, the new ski jump judges' tower in Willingen is also Brückner & Brückner, Tirschenreuth, DE surrounded by nature. The Ski Jumping World Cup has been making stops here since 1995. 40 ARCHITECTURE AND ART Michael Beutler, Berlin, DE The PORTAL hasn’t existed for quite that long, but it comes out more often. Just wait for the next edition for the 2015 42 PREVIEW BAU, featuring our visitor guide and recent architecture Munich and surroundings from greater Munich as usual. 43 IMPRINT HÖRMANN AND SCHÖRGHUBER IN DIALOGUE Title image: Paläon in Schöningen, DE Christoph Hörmann Martin J. Hörmann Thomas J. Hörmann Photographer: Stephan Falk, Berlin, Germany Personally liable general partners PORTAL 32 3 DESIRE FOR OR FRUSTRATION WITH THE COUNTRYSIDE? Everyone is talking about the new desire for the countryside. The media is addressing the longing for the countryside in a wide variety of ways. Is this the beginning of a new suburbanisation? Sociologist and firm urbanite Christine Hannemann does not believe this to be the case and explains why metropolises will continue to grow. Be that as it may, nature finding its way into cities has other reasons. 4 PORTAL 32 5 DESIRE FOR OR FRUSTRATION WITH THE COUNTRYSIDE? Currently, the city as a place of residence and job location is It's not a coincidence that birth rates are sinking. experiencing a never predicted renaissance. Just decades ago, it would have been unthinkable. Back then, the cities in West Changes in the world of employment Germany lost residents and jobs to their surrounding areas at A major reason for the ever diminishing opportunities to live in an alarming rate. In the mid-90s, urban researchers spoke of an the countryside is the changing world of employment. These exodus in light of a massive wave of suburbanisation and even processes are referred to as dissolution and subjectivisation predicted a dissolution of cities. Today, this picture has changed of work in sociology. This topic focuses on maximum flexibility radically: Most people want to or have to live in cities nowadays, based on increasing dynamics: The temporal dissolution of while the countryside is losing more and more of its population. work means that the classic nine-to-five job in the office is How does this fit with the frequently proclaimed “Landlust”, increasingly becoming a thing of the past. Working hours a desire for the countryside – not by chance also the title of are no longer just based on day and night. This starts with an “ideal world mag” with an unbelievable circulation? shift work and ends with the ever more common working conditions of external freelancers who can, to a great extent, Desire for the countryside? Only in the countryside! set their own working hours. This also directly affects methods This longing can’t be proven in a sociological study, at least. of collaboration, meaning the social dissolution of work – Even taking a closer look at the media data of the successful project work is more and more often performed within varying magazine shows a divergence: According to this, the largest teams. Spatial dissolution takes it one step further: Currently, group of readers, 41.5 %, live in locations with fewer than desktop sharing and working from home, as well as working 20,000 residents – basically in the countryside. From on a virtual network are becoming more and more popular. a sociological point of view, this can be accounted for by the postmodern transformation of the living conditions in the age The flexible worker of globalisation – by the demographic transition and, above all, Fast Internet is the prerequisite for all this. In many remote by the enormous changes in the world of employment: villages, the German government’s plan to provide universal Those looking for success in their careers, looking to live broadband Internet by 2018 is still far from reality. At least in a steady partnership, despite all the flexibility it requires, in Germany, the current situation simply doesn’t meet and later striving for good care in old age are dependent on expectations. The flexible worker bases his or her residence the city as a place of versatility, centrality and emancipation – on employment opportunities – often in the short-term. postmodern ways and pressures of life require city living. Mobility and multilocality Ways of life Even multilocality – that is living in several locations at once – When sociologists talk about ways of life, they are referring is becoming a social practice for more and more people. In the to a process of individualisation. This term provides a label meantime, it has reached such a scale and specific that this for one of the most important processes of change of our social practice of living is considered equal to migration and time. This has a variety of reasons that primarily apply to commuting in social-spatial research. All kinds of temporary the societal change in values, which began in the late 60s. ways of living are becoming ubiquitous, while requirements Since then, the ever more radical trend has been self- for size and furnishing of living spaces are changing. Many determination of the individual. Basic societal models professionals are going so far as to resort to a living concept such as the classic nuclear family are disintegrating. previously only associated with students and trainees: Due to Life plans are becoming ever more versatile and individual. horrific rents in city centres, they are moving into shared flats. 6 Who says that cities and nature can’t fit together? Green is returning to cities more and more. Residents and city planners have long recognised the added value of rich flora. (previous page) Urban gardening is popular – even in Berlin. The largest colony is the Prinzessinnengarten. In 2009, dedicated citizens cleaned up two tonnes of refuse on the approximately 6,000 m² of terrain. Since then, the area has been used for ecological farming. (left) Modern architecture meets modern garden design: Architects Herzog d e Meuron left the design of one facade of the CaixaForum museum in Madrid to the Parisian Patrick Blanc. The botanist is considered to be the pioneer of the “vertical garden”. (right) Photo: Keith Survell, Flickr/Marco Clausen, Flickr/Edmund Gall, Flickr PORTAL 32 7 DESIRE FOR OR FRUSTRATION WITH THE COUNTRYSIDE? In 2009, High Line Park opened in New York. On a former high line that was long used for freight traffic, an urban park with a great amount of green area, but also seats and free areas for street artists popped up on a length of over 2 kilometres. Photo: Robin Stevens, Oxford, GB 8 Author: Prof. Christine Hannemann Born in 1960 in Berlin, DE, studied law and sociology in Leipzig and Berlin, before getting her doctoral degree at the department of environment and society at the Technische Universität Berlin in 1994 and later completing her post-doctorate work at the Humboldt-Universität. Since 2001, she has headed the “Sociology of Architecture and Living” department at the Technische Universität Stuttgart. Hannemann is a member of the Hanover Academy for Spatial Research and Planning, the German Sociological Association and the Sektion Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie for city and regional sociology, as well as the Gesellschaft für Stadtgeschichte und Urbanisierungsforschung (Association for Urban History and Urbanisation Research).